4 All About the Listings

This chapter covers posting guidelines and gets you and up running with step-by-step instructions for the posting process. It also explains craigslist’s flagging process and what to do if your listing gets flagged.

Each craigslist category displays a list of ads by title with the most recent posts at the top (see Figure 4.1). The price and location are also displayed. Titles with the letters “pic” or “img” at the end include at least one picture or graphic in the listing. craigslist has been experimenting with displaying thumbnails of images alongside the title and will probably roll out this feature soon (see Figure 4.2).

Figure 4.1 craigslist’s category listings.

Figure 4.2 Thumbnail images used in some craigslist ...

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